FeaturesAutodesk® Alias® Design product modelling software provides all the tools you need to streamline your concept design process. Learn how its features support concept exploration, design modelling, and design visualisation and communication. Concept Exploration
Develop innovative, technically feasible consumer product design options using Autodesk Alias Design. Sketch, paint, texture, and color - rapidly exploring ideas that meet the challenges of your design brief. Customisable Paint User Interface
Customise the user interface for sketching and illustration. Easily move from other 2D tools to Alias Design software. Get instant access to common brush controls through a dynamic hot-spot interface that combines common key functions. |
Complete Sketching and Illustration Toolset - Enhanced
Capture and communicate ideas freehand without switching applications. Get the tools you need for quick sketching, illustration, and image editing - pencils, paintbrushes, airbrushes, markers, erasers, and special texture and effects brushes. Advanced Sketching Tools
Draw symmetrical objects quickly and get instant feedback on a drawing’s proportions. Duplicate symmetric brush strokes in bilateral or radial symmetry. Capture perfect lines, circles, and ellipses with predictive strokes. Image Editing and Modification - Enhanced
Create design variations easily. Tweak colors and explore color alternatives. Alter the proportion or character of an image. Modification tools make it simple to make subtle corrections or radical changes. |
Integrated 2D/3D Environment
Create sketches at real-world scale. Draw over imported 3D CAD data to help design feasibility. Take advantage of flexibility of Alias Design to sketch what’s hard to model and model what’s hard to sketch. |
Design Modelling Refine consumer product design concepts with Autodesk Alias Design software. Use advanced tools to iterate and refine 3D models, and evaluate design details against ergonomic, engineering and aesthetic requirements. Flexible Modelling
Visualise any form using a range of product modelling techniques. Alias Design combines fast, repeatable curve-based modelling tools with the ability to directly sculpt 3D models. Dynamic Shape Modelling - Enhanced
Experiment with shapes at any stage of the design process. Quickly manipulate your model, exploring variations without rebuilding geometry. Shape objects dynamically with these powerful tools: - Lattice Rig - Sculpt geometry by manipulating a customisable lattice created around an object.
- Bend - Bend geometry using a curve to control deformation.
- Twist - Twist geometry around a single-axis curve.
- Conform - Conform geometry to the shape of another surface
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Duplicate Place
Create repetitive geometry that follows surface contours. Edit geometry, duplicate it based on history, and place it onto other geometry. |
Rapid Prototyping
Build physical prototypes from digital models. Develop and refine designs before committing to production. Print in 3D by using STL output for stereolithography by exporting data to computer numerical control (CNC) machines. Includes support for 3D printing with colour. |
Surface Creation Tools
Maintain positional, tangent, or curvature continuity with surrounding surfaces for high-quality results that are ready for manufacturing. |
Curve on Surface Paradigm
Precisely trim and form edges of new surfaces. Share trimmed geometry among modelers while retaining precision. Direct Surface Modelling
Sculpt surfaces by adjusting surface control vertices. Use curve-based tools to define a shape at its edges, and direct modelling to adjust the shape at any point. Maintain complete control, achieving the exact form and surface quality you need. Visualisation & Communication Bring your ideas to life with the visualisation tools in Autodesk Alias Design software. Analyse concepts, communicate design intent, elicit responses, and evaluate design options. Interactive Shading - Enhanced
Shade models to increase realism, evaluate surfaces and design form, and reduce time-consuming renderings. Supports material color, texture, glow, incandescence, bump, and displacement. Quickly verify surface conditions such as curvature maps, zebra stripes, and draft angles. Ambient Occlusion
Produce highly realistic environments with ambient lighting using ambient occlusion. Render shading based on an omni-directional light source, creating shadows and soft shading. |
Image-Based Lighting (IBL)
Use high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) as the light source for interactive visualisation and rendering. The result is more realistic images for evaluating, presenting, and marketing designs. Animation
Show design functionality without building a working prototype. Make object properties such as position and color change over time, displaying them in real time or as rendered images. |
Annotation Tools - Enhanced
Evaluate and review designs with ease. Use annotation tools such as bookmarks, full-screen capabilities, and pencils and markers. |
Compelling Output
Get high-resolution images without a full software rendering. Instantly save high-resolution images of any modelling window. Compose images that display wireframes, canvas planes, or fully shaded models to create turntables or 360-degree interactive Apple QuickTime® VR files. Software Rendering
Photorealistic rendering capabilities let you create images for print, video, or interactive presentations. Alias Design raycast and ray-trace renderers incorporate ambient occlusion calculations (soft shadows) and high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) support for added realism. Reference Data Workflow
Generate and compare an unlimited number of design variations for engineering and design reviews. The Reference Manager lets teams review massive amounts of 3D geometry and interact directly with detailed digital models. |
Process Integration Exchanging Autodesk Alias Design digital design data with engineering CAD software is easy. Import engineering data early in the consumer product design process, incorporating it into preliminary sketches and product models. Then share final digital design data with engineering teams to preserve design integrity. Data Exchange
Exchange digital design data with engineering teams using fast, high-quality CAD translators for industry-standard data formats such as, DXF™, IGES, and STEP. Data Exchange with Autodesk Manufacturing Products
Exchange data with mechanical design and engineering products, such as Autodesk® Inventor® software, using industry-leading DWG™ data format. The Alias Direct Reader add-in for Inventor provides the ability to directly read a native Alias wire file into Autodesk Inventor. The translator reads surfaces, shells, solids, and curves from the .wire file. DirectConnect Data Translators - Enhanced
Integrate Alias Design into your development pipeline. Exchange data with CAD software packages such as CATIA®, UGS NX, Pro/ENGINEER®, PTC Granite®, JT, and SolidWorks®. Model Verification
Test geometry created in Alias Design to predict and diagnose problems transferring to CAD systems such as Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, and Pro/ENGINEER. DWF File Format - New
Create DWF files from Alias Design data with a single mouse click. DWF protects the integrity of a design and allows for precise publishing, rendering, and printing of even the most complex digital models. Productive Environment Get up to speed quickly with the intuitive user interface of Autodesk Alias Design. It helps new users learn quickly and experienced users work more efficiently. Marking Menus
Quickly select commands without looking away from the design. Patented marking menus let you use context-sensitive gestures to select commands. Customisable Interface
Customise your user interface - including hotkeys, tool displays, and marking menus—to suit any workflow. Data Organisation
Improve workflow and performance by organising work and speeding navigation through complex models. Categorise and organise model components into layers for more efficient navigation. |
Unified Shading Environment - New
Task centric marking menus reduce the use of dialog boxes. Choose materials and assign shaders directly on surfaces with only a few mouse clicks. |
Mac OSX Operating System - New
Use Alias Design 64-bit on your Apple® Mac. Windows Vista Support - New
Use Alias Design 32-bit or 64-bit with Microsoft Windows Vista®. | 
